15 Front Doors With Personality
Revved up to refined, these doors let you in on their design brilliance before you even get near enough to enter
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If eyes are the windows of the soul, front doors are the portals to our personalities. Are you warm and welcoming, or private and shy? Are you artsy, traditional, adventurous? All of the above? A front door can say a lot about you, and you should let it.
Here are 15 beauties — all with different but big personalities — to get you started.
Here are 15 beauties — all with different but big personalities — to get you started.
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Colorful Doors
I am a big fan of bright, bold front doors. I don't care what the color is (although this sunshine yellow sure is cheerful), as long as it goes zing!
When to paint your door yellow
I am a big fan of bright, bold front doors. I don't care what the color is (although this sunshine yellow sure is cheerful), as long as it goes zing!
When to paint your door yellow
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| Bright doors go with any kind of architecture, from colonial to modern. And they really punch up a blah facade. When to paint your door green |
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Glass and Wood
This custom door with a ladder-like glass and wood pattern is modern but also Japan-esque. You can bet that what's behind it is clean and simple.
This custom door with a ladder-like glass and wood pattern is modern but also Japan-esque. You can bet that what's behind it is clean and simple.
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| The geometric pattern on this wood and glass door mimics all the geometric lines in the architecture and landscape, and provides a focal point. |
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This one-of-a-kind door on pivot hinges is the first statement this house makes. And it is a big one.
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Come on in; we have nothing to hide.
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Elegant and Understated
You don't have to go flashy. Simplicity is its own statement. This smoked-glass door with a black frame is beautiful.
You don't have to go flashy. Simplicity is its own statement. This smoked-glass door with a black frame is beautiful.
Another simple beauty that demands to be noticed. This door with its etched number takes its cue from old detectives' offices.
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| Extra Wide There is something so generous about an extra-wide door like this one. It invites a crowd. |
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I love this simple but bold glass door that rotates on off-center pivot hinges. It's like walking into a gallery. But you'd probably want a front gate with a door like this.
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Wide and red, like a big grin.
Ornate and Ethnic
There are entire books dedicated to beautiful doors around the world. Why not take a cue from your favorite place and include a little Indian scrollwork or Moroccan filigree, or Spanish colonial peeling paint?
There are entire books dedicated to beautiful doors around the world. Why not take a cue from your favorite place and include a little Indian scrollwork or Moroccan filigree, or Spanish colonial peeling paint?
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I will hear your confession now, my child.
Ideabook published on Dec. 24, 2012.
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The office has an industrial backdrop. The door had a side lite built into the frame. The entire structure received a rustic patina and a protective clear coat.
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My first thought about the hinged doors was: dramatic, but how would I keep the dogs from sneaking out the side opposite me? Ha!
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